The Kerala High Court has ruled that maternity leave is a fundamental constitutional right and cannot be treated like regular ...

B.C.’s human rights commissioner has come down hard on the City of Vancouver and police for blocking journalists’ access while it was dismantling of a homeless camp in the city’s Downtown Eastside in ...

In the aftermath of the horrific Bondi massacre and the subsequent nearly-as-horrific political responses to it, every ...

European Union institutions and member states’ failure to prioritize human rights undermines the rule of law, democratic space and rights protection at home and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today ...

Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, should promote new legislation prohibiting discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or religion, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

What works to prevent female genital mutilation? UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight examines the evidence to identify successful strategies.

The European Commission's "simplification" package is, in fact, a deregulatory intervention that weakens workers' data rights.

President Trump’s lawyers are back in Manhattan this morning, vying to finally convince a 92-year-old federal judge that he ...

Maura Healey today took action to protect the people of Massachusetts from abuses by President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She filed legislation to keep ICE out of ...

As social media fills the gaps with rumour and conjecture, reporters must navigate a legal framework that has grown heavier, stricter and increasingly out of step with the digital age ...

Exploring the conflict between Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act and constitutional press freedom. How vague laws are used to silence ...

Climate-smart pet ownership will be defined either by science and veterinary ethics or by marketing and denial, and the ...